Florida Administrative Code
6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
6A - State Board of Education
Chapter 6A-1 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 6A-1.099822 - School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 6A-1.099822
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to provide the definitions and policies for school improvement ratings as required in Sections 1008.34 and 1008.341, F.S.
(2) Definitions. For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Alternative schools." For purposes of
school accountability improvement ratings, an alternative school is any school
that provides dropout prevention and academic intervention services pursuant to
Section 1003.53, F.S.
(b) "Exceptional Student Education (ESE)
Center School" means exceptional student education center schools as defined in
Rule 6A-1.099828, F.A.C.
(c) "Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
education program" means a program operated by or under contract with the
Department of Juvenile Justice that provides educational services to students
receiving detention, prevention, or day treatment services as defined in
Section 985.03, F.S.
(d) "Learning gains" means learning gains
calculated based on the provisions of Rule
6A-1.09981, F.A.C., except
retake assessments for the statewide standardized end-of-course and grade 10
English Language Arts assessments shall be included in the calculation when
first-time statewide standardized assessments are not available for a student.
For grades 9 through 12, "first-time" designates an assessment that is
administered to a student for the first time during enrollment in high school
(grades 9 through 12). In addition, concordant and comparison scores as
identified in Rule 6A-1.09422(8),
F.A.C., may be used to demonstrate learning gains for students in grades 9
through 12 who scored at Achievement Levels 1 or 2 in the prior year in the
same subject area.
(3) School Improvement Rating Framework.
(a) Prior
to the calculation of school improvement ratings for alternative schools, as
described in this rule, the Department of Education will annually identify
alternative schools based on the information submitted by school districts.
1. Districts will be given two (2) weeks to
submit recommended additions and deletions to the Department through the Master
School Identification information change process described in Rule
6A-1.0016, F.A.C.
(b) Schools identified as
alternative schools ESE Center schools, and DJJ education programs have the
option of earning a school grade, pursuant to Section
1008.34, F.S., or a school
improvement rating, as outlined in subsection (4) of this rule. Each
alternative school identified as described in paragraph (2)(a) of this rule,
ESE Center school identified pursuant to Rule
6A-1.099828, F.A.C., and DJJ
education program identified as described in paragraph (2)(c) of this rule
shall indicate whether it chooses to receive a school grade or a school
improvement rating. Schools that do not indicate a choice will receive a school
improvement rating.
(c) Each
alternative school, ESE Center school, or DJJ education program that does not
choose to receive a school grade shall be assigned a school improvement rating
of Commendable, Maintaining, or Unsatisfactory annually based on the provisions
of this rule.
(d) To ensure that
student data accurately represent school performance, schools shall assess at
least eighty (80) percent of their eligible students to qualify for a school
improvement rating. If a school tests less than ninety (90) percent of its
students, the school may not earn a rating higher than Maintaining.
(e) Eligible students for determining the
percent tested. The percent-tested calculation shall be based on the count of
students who were enrolled during the third period full-time equivalent (FTE)
student membership survey as specified in Rule
6A-1.0451, F.A.C., and who were
also enrolled at the time of statewide standardized testing.
(f) A school shall receive a rating based
solely on the components for which it has sufficient data to perform the
calculation. Sufficient data exists when at least ten (10) students are
eligible for inclusion in the calculation of the component. If a school does
not have sufficient data to calculate a measure, that measure shall not be
calculated for the school. If a school does not have sufficient data to receive
a rating for three (3) consecutive years, then in the third year the school
will receive a rating based on the most recent three (3) years of
data.
(4) School Improvement Rating System.
(a) The school
improvement rating system shall include the following components for all
alternative schools, ESE Center schools, and DJJ education programs selecting
to receive a school improvement rating.
1.
Learning gains in English Language Arts. The percentage of students enrolled in
the second or third period full-time equivalent (FTE) student membership
surveys as specified in Rule
6A-1.0451, F.A.C., and were
tested, who demonstrate learning gains in English Language Arts as defined in
paragraph 6A-1.09981(2)(b),
F.A.C.
2. Learning gains in
Mathematics. The percentage of students enrolled in the second or third period
full-time equivalent (FTE) student membership surveys as specified in Rule
6A-1.0451, F.A.C., and were
tested, who demonstrate learning gains in Mathematics (on the statewide
standardized Mathematics assessment for grades 3 through 8, Algebra 1, and
Geometry), as defined in paragraph
6A-1.09981(2)(b),
F.A.C.
(b) Procedures for
calculating school improvement ratings.
1. The
overall school improvement rating of Commendable, Maintaining, or
Unsatisfactory as designated in section
1008.341(2),
F.S., shall be calculated based on the percentage of possible points earned by
each school for the components applicable to the individual school. In the
calculation of the school's improvement rating, 100 points are available for
each component with sufficient data, with one (1) point earned for each
percentage of students meeting the criteria for the component. The points
earned for each component shall be expressed as whole numbers by rounding the
percentages. Percentages with a value of .5 or greater will be rounded up to
the nearest whole number, and percentages with a value of less than .5 will be
rounded down to the nearest whole number. The school's improvement rating is
determined by summing the earned points for each component and dividing this
sum by the total number of available points for all components with sufficient
data. The percentage resulting from this calculation shall be expressed as a
whole number using the rounding convention described in this
subparagraph.
2. School improvement
ratings shall be assigned to schools based on the percentage of total
applicable points earned as follows:
a. Fifty
(50) percent of total applicable points or higher equals a rating of
Commendable;
b. Twenty-six (26) to
forty-nine (49) percent of total applicable points equals a rating of
Maintaining; and,
c. Twenty-five
(25) percent of total applicable points or less equals a rating of
Unsatisfactory.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(c), of this rule, the provisions of subsections 6A-1.09981(6) and (7), F.A.C. shall apply to school improvement ratings except that the provisions of subparagraphs (6)(a)1. and (7)(f)2., regarding the percent of students tested at the school, is applicable when the percent of students tested at the school is less than eighty (80) percent of the school's eligible student population.
Rulemaking Authority 1001.02, 1008.34, 1008.341 FS. Law Implemented 1008.34, 1008.341, 1008.3415 FS.
New 4-14-08, Amended 6-22-09, 4-8-12, 11-13-12, 11-19-13, 10-30-16, 2-20-18.
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